Box.



H. C. WALKER.

BOX.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27, 1910.

Patented May 23, 1911.

HENRY C. WALKER, 0F NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, .ASSIGNOR TO WALKER-LONGFELLOW COMPANY,

MAINE.

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0]? BOX.

Specification of Letters ratent. Patefited 23 1911.

Application filed December 27, 1910. Serial No. 599,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. WALKER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification. Myinvention is a combined calendar and stationery or stamp or memorandumbox, made up out of two boxes or receptacles combined together'by ahinged cover piece.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combination boxopen; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 1;

;Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my combination box closed; Fig. 4; is aperspective view of a part of the side wall, a, showing the slot (1 :r.

Receptacles for the holding of various articles, such as stamps, rubberbands, stationery or the like have been used heretofore, being eitheruncovered or covered by a cover of ordinary type. In my new box the mainbox may be made with one or more compartments and with manipulatingslots in the'sides through which the fingers may easily reach thecontents of any compartment to extract the contents thereof.

To one end of the open side of the main box is hinged a cover piecewhich is itself hinged at its other end to another box, one side ofwhich is open. The two hinges work in opposite directions, that is tosay, the hinge between the main box and the cover portion is arranged topermit the cover to swing upward while the hinge between the cover andthe supplementary box opens in such a way that the ends of the cover andthe supplementary box which are hinged together may be lifted up untilthe under side of the cover and the supplementary box approach oneanother.

In the. drawings'A is the main box; a and a the side and end wallsrespectively of the main box; at are the slots to permit access to theedges of papers -or the like within the box; I) is the lid; C is thesupplementary box, the lid or cover I) being hinged to the box A- at theline and the supplementary box C being hinged to the lid or cover atline 2, any suitable structure capable of acting as a hinge connectionbetween the parts bemg employed.

Thesupplementary box C is open upon one side, at d, and has an aperture(1' upon one side through which may be inserted a number of calendar.cards which may be shifted from month to month-and the calendars,printed upon the calendar cards, viewed through the opening 03. In 0eration the cover 6 is turned upward as s own in Fig. 1 carrying up withit one side of calendar box C, the lower side of the calendar box Cdrawing along the upper edges of walls a until the free edges of thecalendar box drops into notches a w in the side walls, a, of the box, A,to sustain the calendar box and cover in the open position. In thisposition the main box A is 0 en for holding and delivering articleswhile the calendar cards are held in position in calendar box C forobservation through the aperture d. By merel lifting the ends of thecalendar box out o the notches, the cover will close itself by gravity,a wall I) at one end of the cover .6 closing the slot 03' in the side ofthe calendar box so that the calendar cards cannot work outof thecalendar box. In the best form of my device the front or upper side ofthe calendar box projects and laps over the end of the cover piece I)when the cover and calendar box are closed upon top of the main box Aandthis extension, 0Z may be used as a handle for lifting the cover byswinging it upward, the application of such force resulting in throwingthe cover 6 in one direction and the calendar box in an-- 2. The\'double box, made up of a body box; a cover piece hinged thereto topermit the cover pieceto be lifted and a second box hinged to the coverpiece to permit it to fold down toward the under side of the cover pieceand having an aperture through its upper side to expose the\contentsthereof.

3. The double box made up of a body box a cover piece hinged thereto topermit the cover to be lifted and a second box hinged close the secondaperture when the double to the cover piece to permit it to fold downbox is closed. toward the under side ofthe cover piece I Signed by me atBoston, Massachusetts, and having an aperture through its upper this21st day of December, 1910.

side to expose the contents thereof, and a HENRY C. WALKER. secondaperture adjacent the cover piece Witnesses:

hinge for the insertion of cards into the box, OLIVER MITCHELL,

the cover piece having a wall adapted to Josnrn T. BRENNAN.

